UVF paramilitary group investigated after Simon Coveney security alert
PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan said loyalist paramilitary group the UVF is the primary line of inquiry for detectives investigating a security alert which stopped a peace and reconciliation event in north Belfast. Irish Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney had been addressing the event at the time.
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